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CODE OF ABBREVIATIONS THE ZOOLOGICAL PALACE / Il palazzo zoologico/ Der zoologische Palast (1976) - Three opera scenes - Libretto by four english children in the age from 9 to 16 years under the supervision of Edward Bond , english, italian, german Scene 1. Watercress Sandwiches / Panini all´aglio / Schnittlauchbrötchen - Songplay (Singspiel) Scene 2. Interval/ Intervallo / Pause - Play with music Scene 3. The zoological palace / Il palazzo zoologico / Der zoologische Palast - Musical Cast "Watercress Sandwiches/ Panini all´aglio / Schnittlauchbrötchen" Bus conductor / Conducente d´autobus / Busfahrer - Tenor buffo Winchbucket / Guglielmino / Windbeutel - "Heroic"-tenor Scientist/ Lo Scienziato / Wissenschaftler - Lyrical tenor Philosopher / Il Filosofo/ Philosoph - Baritone King / Il Re / König - Bass buffo Queen/ La Regina / Königin - Alt Princess / La Principessa / Pronzessin - Coloratura soprano Tunkinbutton (dragon) / Il Drago / Stullenmonster - Basso profundo Page / Il Paggio / Page - Speaking part (Cast "Interval / Intervallo / Pause" Bus Conductor (Anthony) / Conducente d´autobus (Antonio) / Busfahrer (Anton) - Tenor Buffo Princess / La Principessa / Prinzessin - Koloratur Sopran King / Il Re/ König - Bass Buffo Winchbucket and 1st, 2nd, 3rd Competitor / Guglielmino e primo, secondo, terzo concorrente/ Windbeutel und erster, zweiter, dritter Bewerber - "Helden -Tenor Cast "The zoological palace / Il palazzo zoologico / Der zoologische Palast" Princess / La Principessa / Prinzessin - Coloratura soprano King / Il Re / König - Bass buffo Anthony/ Antonio / Anton - Tenor buffo 1st, 2nd, 3rd Competitor/ Primo, secondo terzo concorrente/ Erster, zweiter, dritter Bewerber -"Heroic"-Tenor Elephant / L´Elefante/ Elefant - Basso profundo Boa Constrictor/ Il Boa Constrictor/ Boa Constrictor - Lyrical tenor Rhinozeros / Il Rinoceronte/ Nashorn - Baritone Fl (Picc, Altfl, Secondary instruments) - Cl (Basscl, Tenorsax, Secondary instruments) - Trp (Trpicc, Secondary instruments) - Trb (Tenhr, Secondary instruments) - prepPno (Akk, Secondary instruments) - E-Git (E-Bassgit, Banjo, Secondary instruments) - Vl (Secondary instruments) - Vla (Secondary instruments) - Vc (Secondary instruments) - Percussion 1: Xylomarimba, Vibr, suspCymb, Gong (low), sing.glass in g sharp, Swanee flute, Pasteboard rattle, 2 Bg, 2 Timb, Hi-Hat, Tam, Thunder sheet, Castanets, Claves, 5 Tempel blocks, Rattle, Signal whistle, Guiro, Tamb, sing. saw, Flexatone, Auto horn, kl. suspCymb, Watergong Percussion 2: Glsp, Gong low), Rgl in d, sing. Saw, Flexatone, Swanee flute, SnDr, Tom (alt), Tom (tenor), Bassdr with foot machine, Tamb, Pasreboard rattle, 3 suspCymb, Hi-Hat, Tam , 2 Cowb, Trgl, Claves, Maracas, Whistle, Newspaper, gr.suspCymb, Tom (low, Drum-Set, Wbl, Guero, Rattle, Trgl (Some percussion instruments will be used by both players). Commission from "Cantiere Internazionale d´Arte Montepulciano" UA Teatro Poliziano Montepulciano (Italy) 1976 Regie: Volker Schlöndorff and Matthieu Carrière Scenery and costumes: Pupils of the high school "Giovanni Pascoli" Montepulciano under the supervision by Maria Luisa Grossi, Pasquale Grossi, Guiseppe Crisolini and Fiamma De Sanctis Tako Ueda -Coloratur soprano Keiko Motoyoshi - Alto Walter Groh, Peter Rabben, John Venning - Tenor Wolfgang Mueller-Lorenz - Baritone Paul Danaer, Nanjo Toshiaki - Bass Stefano Barbi - Recitator The ensemble "La parte e l´arte" (Ensemble "Hinz und Kunst"), Hamburg Dir. Helmut Breidenstein DE Deutsche Oper Berlin 1977 PROD WDR Köln 1976 TV -PROD HR 1978 „How do you go from today to yesterday? Quite simple: You buy a ticket to go there. A scientist and a philosopher do not find such a solution. They try to solve the problem by chemical experiments and by very hard thinking, but they quarrel and miss the chance of their lives: to defeat a dragon and to win the heart of a princess. This is achieved by the story’s hero, the young Winchbucket. He sommersaults backwards into yesterday, tames the dragon by feeding him watercress sandwiches (which the dragon adores) and conquers the heart of the princess. In the dressing room the singers prepare to go on stage for the third part. There are pointed remarks, insinuations, jealousies, insults, outbreaks of hate, refusals to go on stage...will the third part take place at all? In the third part, a princess likewise plays the leading character, but another one. There is no heart to win – on the contrary. She has tormented her pekinese dog until it ran away, and now she wants a new pet. Competitors arrive with perculiar specimen. Soon, there is no lack of animals in the palace – and not only dogs make there home in the human dwellings.“ (From the program of the first performance in Germany) < back |
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